Medical Billing and Coding Instructor (Adjunct)

Responsibilities

• Proactively creates a learning environment that is unique, memorable and personal.
• Demonstrates a service-minded attitude and models the Company’s expected behaviors (core values) on a daily basis with students, colleagues and employers.
• Maintains a positive attitude in being flexible and adapting to individual student learning needs.
• Effectively translates subject matter expertise to engage and educate students through active learning.
• Creates a two-way learning partnership by encouraging student accountability as part of the educational process.
• Prepares and submits weekly lesson plans inclusive of learning activities that stimulate student involvement, encourage reflection and critical thinking, and take into consideration different learning styles.
• Provides each student with a course syllabus that includes course objectives that include student learning outcomes, learning activities to achieve those objectives, methods of evaluation and attendance requirements at the beginning of the course.
• Ensures timeliness, fairness, and consistency in grading and evaluation of student work in support of Company policies.
• Actively participates in the evaluation of program/course materials to include recommendations for course revisions, selection of textbooks and other teaching aids, and development of curricula as needed.
• Utilizes approved textbooks and supports the material with well-defined lesson plans that include pertinent examples and exercises with practical applications.
• Maintains current knowledge of adult learning methodologies, new classroom technologies and industry/healthcare standards through continuing education, such as external development opportunities, in-service activities, membership in professional organizations, and reading of current professional periodicals, incorporating this knowledge into the learning environment.
• Attends and actively participates in all scheduled in-services, meetings and completes assigned independent study modules to maintain faculty development requirements.
• Maintains a safe learning environment by ensuring that students and staff use supplies and equipment in accordance with manufacturer guidelines and clean up after completing class.
• Completes reports as required by Program Director in an accurate and timely manner.
• Submits supplies and equipment requests to the Program Director in a timely fashion.
• Proactively initiates appropriate actions to re-engage and retain at-risk students.
• Takes ownership of the classroom resources, tools and supplies to ensure that ongoing needs are addressed in a timely manner.
• Maintains positive communications with students concerning administrative and school policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a medical assistant, medical biller/medical coder, or similar.
• Associate degree in an allied health field.
• Experience Requirements: 5 years in allied health required.
• Teaching Experience: Preferred.
• Desired Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, comfortable in the use of classroom technology, can motivate students toward the goal of graduation, attention to detail, sense of urgency and passion for making a difference in the lives of others, able to work independently, yet within a strong team environment, able to work a flexible schedule.

Qualifications

• Passionately committed to customer service.
• Strong affinity for connecting with and understanding the needs of others.
• Motivating and inspiring.
• Positive and approachable.
• Freely acknowledges and appreciates effort.
• Flexibility and the ability to multitask.
• Effective listening and communication skills.
• Classroom management.
• Open and inclusive of others’ input.
• Able to translate theory into practice.
• Strong planning and organization skills.
• Results/Metrics-Driven.